There are options in FilmStar for adjusting dialog fonts according to your
preference. If you select Dialogs = Sans Serif bold in the Font
Properties dialog (File Configuration Preferences Fonts) shown at the
left you will see the MS Sans Serif 8 pt bold fonts illustrated in the
Setup Parameters screen below. More than likely, you never
changed from this setup.

Here's the same dialog after selecting Tahoma 9 pt. This is
a TrueType font distributed with Windows.

Still less legible than bold fonts? The situation changes
markedly when the same dialog is viewed in Windows XP with ClearType enabled. As
the image below is bitmap, you don't need ClearType to view it correctly. Unfortunately
Microsoft is not making ClearType backward compatible to earlier versions of
Windows. You might consider writing to Bill Gates about that!